2017 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Day: 2c
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$8,150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$67,877,400
Entries
7,221
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000

Final Break of the Night

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

A total of four levels have been completed so far today, with just one more two-hour level remaining. First, the players can enjoy a 20-minute break.

During the last level, Ryan Hughes extended his lead, chipping up to 585,000.

Unfortunately, the level also saw the departures of Phil Hellmuth, Galen Hall, Xuan Liu, Eric Baldwin, Griffin Benger, and Antonio Esfandiari.

Daniel Negreanu is in the danger zone, and the cameras are circling, waiting for a big double-up or the alternative outcome.

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariEric BaldwinGalen HallGriffin BengerPhil HellmuthXuan Liu

Mustapha Kanit Has A Late Breakfast

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Mustapha Kanit
Mustapha Kanit

Mustapha Kanit lost a hand and the player who took it from him declared there was a new bully in town.

“I am not a bully,” Kanit protested, “but I like to bully bullies and I eat donkeys for breakfast”

This prompted a quick chorus of “Wolly bully,” before Kanit declared he was raising the next pot on the new bullies big blind and he got his man to call.

The flop was {3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and both players checked. The turn was the {a-Spades} and the big blind bet 3,400. Kanit called and the river was the {k-Diamonds}. The big blind upped the bet to 7,000.

“Are you some kind of genius?” Kanit wanted to know, “Or maybe a donkey? Somewhere in-between perhaps.”

Kanit called and his opponent tabled {q-Spades}{8-Clubs}. Kanit had the winner with {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
220,000 36,000

Tags: Mustapha Kanit

More Brasilia Chip Counts

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
404,000 62,000
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
365,000 75,000
Tom Cannuli us
Tom Cannuli
215,000 18,500
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
205,000 60,000
Ian Johns us
Ian Johns
WSOP 3X Winner
200,000 45,000
Andrew Watson us
Andrew Watson
175,000 15,000
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
165,000 13,000
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
155,000 155,000
Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
135,000 -15,000
Jeffrey Trudeau us
Jeffrey Trudeau
120,000 10,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
115,000 -53,000
Nam Le us
Nam Le
110,000 -47,000
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
WSOP 2X Winner
97,000 16,900
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
95,000 -36,500
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000 -46,000
Cornel Cimpan us
Cornel Cimpan
90,000 -15,000
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
WSOP 1X Winner
65,000 -102,000
Kurt Jewell us
Kurt Jewell
37,000 -20,000
Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
19,500 -33,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
Busted
Valerie Ross ca
Valerie Ross
Busted
Eric Mizrachi us
Eric Mizrachi
Busted

Updated Chip Counts in Brasilia

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Artan Dedusha gb
Artan Dedusha
Day 2C Chip Leader
360,000 -6,000
Jerome Evans de
Jerome Evans
290,000 145,000
Carl Carodenuto us
Carl Carodenuto
255,000 -12,000
Grant Hinkle us
Grant Hinkle
WSOP 1X Winner
240,000 22,000
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
WSOP 1X Winner
230,000 60,000
Bobby Oboodi us
Bobby Oboodi
192,000 102,000
Sean Remz us
Sean Remz
155,000 28,800
Jasper Meijer nl
Jasper Meijer
154,000 42,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
WSOP 2X Winner
152,000 9,000
Jonathan Roy ca
Jonathan Roy
134,400 34,400
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
WSOP 1X Winner
130,000 62,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
113,000 -26,000
Michael Ruane us
Michael Ruane
100,100 -7,900
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
98,000 2,500
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
82,000 14,000
Alex Masek us
Alex Masek
73,000 73,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
70,000 -16,000
DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
58,300 -16,700
Nika Futterman us
Nika Futterman
41,900 -23,100
Kristy Arnett us
Kristy Arnett
22,500 -59,500

Roller Coaster for Kamel

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On his old table, Tamer Kamel tried a move with {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and turned top pair before an ace struck on the river. Kamel moved all in and his opponent called with pocket aces for top set. After being moved to a new table, the Brit turned a seven-high straight with pocket sixes and his valuebet on the river was paid to see Kamel recover chips.

Below are further assorted chip counts from the tan and orange section of the Amazon room.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
225,000 225,000
Hannes Speiser at
Hannes Speiser
205,000 205,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
185,000 185,000
Stevan Prager us
Stevan Prager
160,000 160,000
Marta Munoz es
Marta Munoz
155,000 -30,000
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
WSOP 1X Winner
145,000 -8,000
Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
WSOP 5X Winner
115,000 -17,500
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
115,000 6,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
98,000 22,700
Stacy Matuson us
Stacy Matuson
70,000 15,000
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
65,000 20,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
65,000 5,000

Tags: Tamer Kamel

Affleck Gets Four-Bet

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Matt Affleck
Matt Affleck

From the hijack seat, a player opened to 2,500. Matt Affleck was in the next seat over, and he re-raised to 8,000. Action folded back around to the hijack player, who re-raised again, making it 22,500 to play. Affleck thought for about 30 seconds, then released his hand.

"Why did you three-bet?" Kitty Kuo, who was on the button that hand, asked Affleck.

"He can't hear you," the hijack player said. Affleck was wearing headphones and couldn't hear the question.

"I was going to three-bet you," Kuo told the hijack player. "And I call your four-bet, then suck out on you."

"That's because you know me," the hijack said.

Either way, the player took down the pot without much hassle while Affleck fell under 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
94,000 -33,000

Tags: Kitty KuoMatt Affleck

Updated Chips in Amazon Tan

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michael Krasienko us
Michael Krasienko
475,000 75,000
Marcin Chmielewski pl
Marcin Chmielewski
430,000 224,400
David Mock us
David Mock
392,000 -4,500
Jared Palmer us
Jared Palmer
309,000 -62,000
Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
272,000 38,000
Victor Choupeaux fr
Victor Choupeaux
254,000 12,000
Romain Nardin fr
Romain Nardin
253,000 253,000
Richard Tuhrim us
Richard Tuhrim
237,000 -27,000
Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
223,000 85,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
205,000 37,000
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
171,000 25,000
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
160,000 30,000
David Pham us
David Pham
WSOP 3X Winner
117,000 117,000
Fernando Pons es
Fernando Pons
112,000 45,000
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
WSOP 2X Winner
91,000 -34,000
Je Oh us
Je Oh
88,000 -25,000
Rui Ye cn
Rui Ye
78,000 -38,000
Jason Ramos us
Jason Ramos
70,000 9,000
Alexis Sterner us
Alexis Sterner
44,000 -88,000
Veselin Karakitukov bg
Veselin Karakitukov
Busted
Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Daniel Negreanu Pays $5 to See He Folded the Best Hand

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

"That was worth the five bucks," Daniel Negreanu said after paying five dollars to see Bob Slezak's hand.

Slezak bet 8,000 on the river into a pot of about 22,000, and Negreanu only had 14,000 left. The board read {8-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}, and Negreanu went through Slezak's possible holdings.

"Let's go through what you might have," Negreanu held out his fingers and began ticking them off almost as if playing "This Little Piggy."

"You don't have that one, or that one. I can't beat this one," Negreanu said, shaking his finger with his opposite hand.

Negreanu folded.

"Five bucks and I'll show you," said Bob Slezak.

"Five bucks? Okay."

Negreanu tossed Slezak a $10 bill, and Slezak made change. Then he showed him {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Bob Slezak us
Bob Slezak
WSOP 1X Winner
134,000 134,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
14,000 -4,000

Tags: Bob SlezakDaniel Negreanu

Matthias De Meulder Going Up

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Matthias de Meulder
Matthias de Meulder

Matthias De Meulder won two significant pots in short succession, and he was kind enough to provide the details.

According to De Meulder, he called a squeeze in position in the first hand. The flop came {J-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-}. His opponent made a continuation bet of 7,000, and De Meulder called. The turn brought them the {9-Spades}. His opponent continued betting again and now led out for 18,000. De Meulder called again. The river was a {5-}, and his opponent shoved all-in for about 40,000. De Meulder called.

His opponent showed {J-}{J-} for a set of jacks, but De Meulder had him beat with {K-Spades}{10-Spades} for a flush.

Shortly thereafter, De Meulder raised to 2,700 from the cutoff, the player in the small blind three-bet to 8,000, and De Meulder called.

The flop was {J-Spades}{9-Spades}{4-}, on which both players checked. The turn brought them a {3-}, and his opponent check-called a bet of 13,000 from De Meulder. They both checked through the {6-} on the river. The other player showed {A-}{4-} off-suit, and again, De Meulder had his opponent bested with {7-Spades}{6-Spades}.

De Meulder is now playing with a healthy stack of about 290,000.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
290,000 123,000

Tags: Matthias De Meulder

Hellmuth's Fall Complete

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth had over 130,000 just before dinner break. The 100 minutes that followed the break have been anything but kind to "The Poker Brat", and he just lost the last of chips to complete the slide.

Dario Minieri opened to 2,500 in middle position, and Phil Hellmuth made it 7,500 to go on the button. Francois Pelletant called in the big blind, and Minieri folded, so they went heads-up to a {7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop. Pelletant came out betting 11,000, and Hellmuth immediately shoved all in for about 18,000. Pelletant called.

Hellmuth: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Pelletant: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

"Wow," was all Hellmuth could muster as he stared his Main Event elimination in the face.

The turn was the {10-Clubs}, leaving Hellmuth dead to a chop. The river was the {k-Clubs}.

After all the fire he spewed in the hands leading up to his final stand, Hellmuth took his exit with grace, shaking Pelletant's hand and heading for the exits without much to say.

Player Chips Progress
Francois Pelletant fr
Francois Pelletant
90,000 90,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

Tags: Francois PelletantPhil Hellmuth